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Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı participated in the activity where the five of men of thought were commemorated as a part of “City- People Civilization Bridge: Examplery Personalities” program

22.12.2015 21:29

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has organized an activity in Ankara at the State Painting and Sculpture Museum to commemorate doctor, medicine historian and painter Ahmed Süheyl Ünver, man of law, thought and politics; Ali Fuad Başgil, architect, engineer and architecture historian; Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi, man of thought, poet and author; Fethi Gemuhluoğlu and poet, thinker and mystic; Mahir İz.

Lives of these five men were read out during the panel organized by Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Department academicians Prof. Dr. Çiçek Derman and her spouse Dr. Uğur Derman.

At the end of the activity, Minister Avcı presented flowers to the Derman couple and thanked them for organizing such an activity on the holy night on which the birth of Prophet Mohammad is marked.

“City- People Civilization Bridge: Examplery Personalities Project” carried out by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture was developed in order to contribute to explaining the values of role models especially by catching the attention of especially young people.

The 5 cities and 5 people theme of the project was inspired from renowned Turkish author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s famous novel, “Five cities.”

The organizers plan to prepare books, promotion tapes and materials within the framework of the project. In addition to these activities, the project will include organization of panels, symposiums, conferences and exhibitions, polls and surveys.